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Birth Name: Samuel Wilder

Born: 22 June 1906 Died: 27 March 2002

Country of origin: Poland

Height: 5' 11"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Audrey Young


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Listal's 100 best Directors (The Results) (100 items)
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The Idiot's Guide To Famous (Classic) Filmmakers (85 items)
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Directors:The Filmography of... (207 items)
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Directors and Their Masterpieces (55 items)
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Tribute to Audrey Hepburn (51 items)
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Billy Wilder Videos

The Writer Speaks: Billy Wilder

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Description: Billy Wilder was an Austrian-born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist and journalist, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age. Wilder is one of only five people to have won Academy Awards as producer, director and screenwriter for the same film (The Apartment), and was the first person to accomplish this. Wilder became a screenwriter in the late 1920s while living in Berlin. After the rise of the Nazi Party, Wilder, who was Jewish, left for Paris, where he made his directorial debut. He moved to Hollywoo ... (more)
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4. Sabrina (1954)
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1. Today (1952)
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Movies: Greatest Directors (62 person items)

"Some Like It Hot (1959) Double Indemnity (1944) Sunset Boulevard (1950) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Sabrina (1954) The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) Avanti! (1972) The Seven Year Itch (1955)"


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TCM’s The Essential Directors (56 person items)

"Must-See Movies Double Indemnity The Lost Weekend Sunset Boulevard Ace in the Hole Stalag 17 Sabrina The Seven Year Itch Some Like It Hot The Apartment "


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Top 20 All-Time Favorite Directors (20 person items)

"Best films: Ace in the Hole, Double Indemnity, Sunset Blvd."


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Directors Directing (52 person items)
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Every Best Director Winner (71 person items)

"1945-The Lost Weekend 1960-The Apartment"


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Influences (127 person items)
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Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (94 person items)

"William Holden - Sunset Blvd. - Stalag 17 - Sabrina - Fedora Joe Gray - Sunset Blvd. - Ace in the Hole - Some Like it Hot - Irma la Douce - Kiss Me, Stupid Jack Lemmon - Some Like it Hot - The Apartment - Irma la Douce - The Fortune Cookie - Avanti! - The Front Page - Buddy Buddy Cliff Osmond - Irma la Douce - Kiss Me Stupid - The Fortune Cookie - The Front Page Walter Matthau - The Fortune Cookie - The Front Page - Buddy Buddy "


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Films that Director's Never Got to Make or Wanted (81 person items)

"1960 Project about the Marx Brothers running the United Nations failed to ignite. 1994 "Schindler's List" (wanted to direct it as he meant the film would have been his most personal film but he had already retired so it would have been hard undertaking the project)"


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Directors - ranked&rated (22 person items)

"1. Sunset Boulevard 8.5/10 2. The Apartment 8.5/10 3. Double Indemnity 8/10 4. Some Like It Hot 7.5/10 5. Ace in the Hole 7.5/10 8 "


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The Grand Budapest Hotel (1960's) (30 movies items)

"Director!"


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My favourite directors (55 person items)

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